Metallic window screen



Nov. 20, 1923 1,475,126

C. B. M BRIDE METALLIC WINDOW SCREEN Filed Aug. 19. 1922 INVENTOR WITNESS: A'ITORNEY Patented Nov.'20, 1923.

CHARLES B. Mans on or streams, OHIO.

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Application filed August 19, 1922.- Serial 110 582372.

To all whom it mag/concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES B Mo- BRIDE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sebring, in the county of Mahoning and State of Ohio, have invented newand useful Improvements in Metallic Window. Screens, of which the following is a specification. I i

One objectof my said invention is the provision of a window Screen of iadjusta able type formed of sheet metal, metallic connections and metallic reticulated members,-and hence possessed of great strength and durability and capable of resisting any tendency to warp or get out of shape.

Another object of the invention 'is the provision of a metallicwi'ndow screen inf which provison is made forthe ready replacing of a rusted, worn or broken reticu lated member without the employment of members together. in side by side relation Tothe attainment of the foregoing, the invention consists in the improvement as hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification Figure 1 is a front elevation showing my novel window screen as partly extended.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the same.

' Figure 3 is a horizontal central section of the screen.

Figures 4 and 5 are detail vertical sections hereinafter explicitly referred to.

Figure 6 is a detail view illustrative of a modification hereinafter explicitly referred Similar numerals designate corresponding parts in Figures 1 to 5 to which reference will first be made.

Mv novel screen is adjustable as to length and includes two members, each member being slidable relatively to the flanges 5. The outer ends of the reticulated section 1, and the horizontal bars 3 are interposed. between the sand. flanges 5 and are connected thereto by rivets 6. The" upper and. lower horizontal bars 3 are formed of strips. of sheet metal folded upon themselves, and the upper and lower edges of thereticulated section 1 are arranged in the folds of the said bars 3 and are guarded and protected by the bars. The inner end bar 4 is also formed of astrip of sheet metal folded upon itself and the inner endof the reticulated section 1 is arranged in the fold of the end bar 4 andis guarded and protected thereby. It will also be observed that one thickness or side of the bar 4 is extended be-,

yond the other thickness or side thereof.

,7 The said extended portion of the bar 4 is arranged alongside of and is riveted at 7 to the inner end portions of the horizontal bar 3, anda're' bent into hooks 8 which aredesigned" to straddle the bars 3 of the'other member of the screen so as to connect the without interfering with the slidable capacity of the members, though it will be noticed that the hooks 8 of the two members are adapted to prevent one member from being withdrawn endwise out of engagement with other. I also desire it understood that I prefer in practice to cover the sheet metal portions of my novel screen with an appropriate composition baked on the iron with a view to promoting the durability of the screen as a whole. This, however, is not of the essence of my invention and hence it will be understood that the screen or the sheet metal portions thereof may be coated or not in the discretion of the manufacturer.

It will. be manifest from the foregoing that a window screen characterized is described as being adjustable as to length withoutv being expensive in construction; also. that the screen is exceedingly strong and durable and at the same time light in weight, and is not liable to warp or sag out of shape.

Instead of employing rivets such as 6 and 7 in the relations described I may employ screws 6 and 7 as shown in Figure 6. the

said screws beingspecitically advantageous in that they permit of the bars of the members to be easily disassembled for the ready removal of a rusted, worn or broken reticulated section 1 and the expeditious replacing of such section with a new section. This obviously may be accomplished without the employment of skilled labor and without the employment of any tool other than an ordinary screw driver.

. confining myself to the specific construction and relative arrangementof parts inasmuch as in the futurepractlce ofthe invention various changes and modifications may be made such as fall within, the scope of invention as defined-in my appended. claims. Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is i -1 An adjustable metallic window screen comprising two slidfable members each held to and movable endwise relative to the other each member made up of an outer sheet metal end bar with a hollow. rectangular, body and inner side-by side flanges integral with said hollow body, a reticulated section withfits outer end interposed between-the said flanges, upper and lower sheet metal bars attached tothe upper and lower edges of the screen section and having their outer ends interposedv between and attached to the said flanges of thebody, and

an inner sheet metal bar attached to the inner end ofthe. reticulated section.

2.' An adj u-stable metallicwindow screencomprising two slidablemember's each movable endwise relative to the other, each member made up of an outer sheet metal end bar-with a hollow rectangular body and inner side by side flanges integral with said 'body, a reticulated section with its outer end interposed between the said flanges of the body, upper and lower sheet metal bars folded. on themselves and receiving the upper and lower edges of the screen section and having their outer ends interposed between the said flanges, an inner sheet metal bar foldedupon itself and-receiving the inner end of the reticulatedsection, and

having end-portion arranged in lapped relationto the inner ends of the upper and lower, bars and terminating in hooks, means connecting the upper and lower bars and the recticulated' section to the flanges of the outer end bar, and. means connecting the innerend bar and the reticulated; section to the inner end, portions of-the upper and lower bars; the hooks of one member straddling theupper and lower bars; ot the other member, and the connections defined being formed by threadedbolts and nuts whereby on impairment of the screen section the same can be readily removed and replaced with a new screen section.

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CHARLES B, MoBRIDEL In t,estimony whereofl; afiix: my signa- 

